Kak mne bol'no; Kак мне больно (Sorrow in springtime; How it pains me; How painful for me)
Song Title | Kak mne bol'no; Kак мне больно (Search) |
Title in English | Sorrow in springtime; How it pains me; How painful for me (Search) |
Composer(s): | Serge Rachmaninoff (Рахманинов, Сергей Васильевич) |
Author(s): | G. (Glafira) Galina (Галина Адольфовна Глафира) |
Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Anguish; Blue; Bursting; Comparing; Comparisons; Conflicts; Contrast; Contrast: Beauty vs. Violence; Contrast: Emotional Distress vs. Natural Beauty; Contrast: Joy vs. Sorrow; Curls; Deafness; Depression; Emotions; Excruciating; Feelings; Forests; Fragrant; Fresh; Frost; Frustration; Hearts; Horizon; Juxtaposition; Lilacs; Living; Longing; Longing for Death; Longing for Release; Murmuring; Night; Nightingales; Painful; Pale; Restlessness; Seasons; Silencing; Silver; Singing; Sleeplessness; Songs; Sorrow; Souls; Sounds; Spring; Stillness; Torment; Tormenting; Turmoil; Yearning |
First Line | Kak mne bol'no, kak khochetsja zhit'…; Как мне больно, как хочется жить… (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1902 (Search) |
Larger Work | Двенадцать романсов; Twelve Romances (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Original Language | Russian (Search) |
Score Source | https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks/usimg/b/be/IMSLP07300-Rachmaninov_-_Op._21,_No._12.pdf |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/1Dm3ryhswrEpa8a9dsLMTi?si=iebFaruEQheioGL0GAxLVw |
Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 21 no. 12 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | D4 - Bb5 (Search) |
Original Key | G minor (Search) |
Dedicated To | Vladimir Aleksandrovich Satin; Владимир Александрович Сатин (Search) |
Notes | Dedicated to Vladímir Aleksándrovich Satín (1881–1945), the composer’s brother-in-law, the younger brother of Rachmaninoff’s wife Natalia; Glafira Adol'fovna Galina (Галина Адольфовна Глафира) is the pseudonym of Russian children's writer and poet Glafira Adol'fovna Mamoshina (Галина Адольфовна Мамошина), also known by her married name Countess Gloria Einerling and Gloria Guseva-Orenburgskaia (Search) |
Sources Cited | Rachmaninoff's complete songs: A companion with texts and translations. (2014). Choice Reviews Online, 52(02), 52-0595. (Search) |
Contributor | SHK/MRH (Search) |